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I am getting married in Punta Cana too, but not the Bahia Principe. I have a colleague who did in March. She loved it! However, the hotel did not do their dinner reservations properly and tried to get them to eat at another restaurant, which she refused. They managed to let them eat at their restaurant, in a semi-private dinner, but then tried to charge it. She had to argue a little, but the hotel let it go and everything else worked out perfectly for them.
Good luck to you!
Hi! I am trying to plan a destination wedding and am considering Punta Cana. egb are you getting married at a resort? If so, do you mind letting me know which one. I've written to a couple and am currently trying to sort through everyone's packages but haven't been able to narrow a favorite yet.
care23 check Trip Advisor ( http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g147293-d478252-Reviews-Gran_Bahia_Principe_Bavaro-Punta_Cana_Dominican_Republic.html ). They have traveler reviews and rate the hotels based on those reviews. I found it very helpful when trying to weed out which hotels I wanted to consider. Yahoo! Travel ( http://travel.yahoo.com/ ) also had some helpful reviews. Hope this helps you! 
@ZadryG: We are getting married at the Melia Caribe Tropical resort. Here's a link to their website: http://www.meliacaribetropical.com/
We chose that one because of the many restaurants (13), there is golf included in the package to entertain the guests, and because there are special areas only for those who take the "Royal Service", allowing us to have more privacy without going for a different hotel than our guests b/c we're honeymooning there.
Not me...but we have stayed there in the past. Great resort, can't complain.
I definitely did not realize how much research a destination wedding entails. But I love the fact that it cuts back on a lot of the stress of a local wedding. No fretting on where the out-of-towners will stay, how they will get around, how they will get to and from the wedding,etc.
Hmmm deciding on the destination and then deciding on the hotel were the two most difficult parts of it all. After that, everything flows... well, I'll tell you more in 3 months when I'm back from my DW, but it seems all so easy, almost too good to be true!
Hi Ladies!!!
Sorry for the late reply!!!!
I'm getting married in Punta Cana at the Bahia Principe Ambar. Ambar is adults only, but there is another part of the hotel (bavaro)for people with kids. If you stay at the Ambar part of the hotel, you have access to all of the resort. Many of my friends have been to this resort and have only said nice things about it. You have a wedding planning that you can e-mail back & forth, and I have to say she responds very quickly. Her name is Cynthia. There are set wedding packages for the ceremony and reception.
BUT there are other costs, for example: if you want seat coverings and ribbons for the reception, flowers for the reception, Open Bar....(we are not getting the open bar, because it's already all inclusive. Just give a nice tip to the waiter and he'll get drinks). If you would like the reception to be private, depending on the a la carte you have to pay $600-1250us. Here is a picture of the resturant I am having for the rept.
If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me ;)
I'm having problems uploading the pic, i'll send it when I can.
We are getting married at The Majestic Punta Cana in the DR...can't wait! From all the research I did the DR has the best rates for their packages.
My cousin had his wedding at the Bahia Principe resort in Punta Cana back in 2005, it was gorgeous, there were almost 100 people who attended. One of the nice things about this resort is the casino, disco and karaoke bar just off the resort, probably 15-20 steps from the front steps, you still get all inclusive (just show your bracelet) and it stays open till 3am. The swim up bar was wicked and the shuttles that take you between your room and the lobby are awesome.
There was a gorgeous gazebo just up from the beach where the ceremony took place and the reception was is one of the restraunts. I'm not sure what they paid for the wedding stuff, but it was 1200/guest (Edmonton, Canada to DR) for an early January wedding.
Also, if you do go, walk down the beach (to the right when you're facing the ocean) past the stands of souvineres and over the bridge to the bar where they'll climb up a tree, pull down a coconut and make a pina colada for you, in the coconut! Its not incuded but it was pretty cheap.
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Anyone getting married or know of someone getting married in Punta Cana, Bahia Principe???